Chapter – 1 More About Plants

One sentence answer (O/S/A)

Q1.What is a trunk of a tree?

Ans: The hard and thick stem of a tree is called a trunk.

Q2. What is a bark?

Ans: The hard skin that covers the trunk is known as a bark.

Q3. Which plant is known as the “queen of herb”?

Ans: Tulsi plant is known as the “queen of herb”.

Q4. Which plants leaves are used to decorate our hands and feet?

Ans: Mehndi plants leaves are used to decorate our hands and feet.

Q5.Which part of a plant is called the kitchen of plant?

Ans: Leaf is called the kitchen of the plant.

Q6. Why do plants only make food in daytime?

Ans: Plants only make food in the daytime because they need sunlight

to make their food.

Answer the following questions in brief ( S/Q/A

Q1. What do leaves need to make food for the plant?

Ans: Leaves need air, water and sunlight to make food for the plants.

They are known as the kitchen of the plant.

Q2. What are creepers? Give two examples.

Ans: Creepers are plants that creep along the ground. These plants

have weak stems. For examples – watermelon and pumpkin.

Q3.What is germination?

Ans: The process by which a baby plant grows out from a seed is called

germination. This takes place in the presence of warmth, air, water and

soil.

Q5. What is the role of the root in a plant?

Ans: Roots mostly grow under the ground. The root fixes the plants to

the soil. It gives support to the plant. It also helps in taking water and

other things needed by the plant from the soil.

Q6. Why do some plants need support to climb?

Ans: Some plants have weak stems. They take support of walls, sticks or

other plants to climb or grow upwards. For examples – money plant,

grapevine, etc.
 Chapter- 2 Uses of Plants

One sentence answer (O/S/A)

Q1. Where do we get gum from?

Ans: We get gum from the juice of acacia or keekar tree.

Q2. Which plant gives us sugar?

Ans: Sugarcane plant gives us sugar.

Q3. Where can we get wood from?

Ans: We get wood from trees.

Q4. What can we get from plants?

Ans: Plants give us fruits, vegetables, nuts, cereals, pulses, spices, oils,

tea, coffee, sugar, etc.

Q5. Where can we rubber from?

Ans: We get rubber from the juice of rubber tree.

Answer the following questions in brief ( S/Q/A)

Q1. What are cereals and pulses? Give two examples.

Ans: Cereals and pulses are food grains. Cereals are edible seeds of

plants like rice and wheat. Pulses are also edible seeds of plants like pea

and kidney beans.

Q2. Where do we get medicine from? Give examples.

Ans: We get medicine from the leaves of some plants. These plants are

known as medicinal plants. For examples – tulsi, aloe vera, etc.

Q3. What are spices? What are the uses of spices?

Ans: Spices are dried seeds, fruits, leaves, roots or bark of some plants.

They give colour and aroma to food. They are used to make the food

tastier.
 Ch 3: Helpful Animals

O/S/A

[Answer Sheet]

Q1) Which animals are called uninvited guest?

Answer: Animals like spider, ants, cockroach, lizard that stay in our house but are
not pets are

known as uninvited guest.

Q2)What are pet animals?

Answer: Animals that are kept at home are called pet animals.

Q3)What do you understand by manure?

Answer: The animal or plant materials used to make soil rich in things that are
needed by the

plants to grow.

Q4)Which animal is called the “ship of the desert”?

Answer: Camel is called the ship of the desert.

Q5)What is beeswax?

Answer: A yellow to brown wax released by honeybees to build hives are known
as beeswax.

Q6)What are hives?

Answer: Honeybees make their own homes called hives.

Q7)What is fuel?

Answer: A substance that is used to produce energy is called fuel.

 Chapter – 3 Helpful animals

[Answer Sheet]

Answer the following questions briefly ( S/Q/A)

Q1. What are domestic animals? Give examples.

Answer: Animals that can be tamed and kept at home or in farms are

known as domestic animals. Domestic animals are very useful to us. Cow,

dog ,cat etc. are examples of domestic animals.

Q2. Why do we need to tame animals?

Answer: Domestic animals can be tamed. We tame animals so that they can

help us and be friendly with us.

Or

There are so many animals around us. They are helpful to us in many ways.

Such helpful animals can be tamed and kept at homes or farms.

Q3. What are farm animals? Give examples

Answer: Animals that are kept in farms are known as farm animals. We get

so many things from these animals. Cow, goat and chicken are some

examples of farm animals.

 Chapter 3:Helpful animals

Broad Question

[Answer Sheet]

Write the following broad questions.

Q. Where do we get leathers from? Name two things made of leather.

Answer: We can get leather from the skin of dead animals. We can get leather
from camels and buffaloes. Leather bag and leather belt are two products that are
made out of leather.

Or

We get leather from the skin of animals like camels and buffaloes after they are
dead. Shoes and bags are made from leather.
 Chapter – 4 Wild animals

[Answer Sheet]

Answer the following questions in brief (S/Q/A)

Q1. What are extinct animals? Give examples.

Answer: Animals that are no longer found on the earth are known as extinct
animals.

Dinosaurs and dodo birds are examples of extinct animals.

Q2. Why are rhinoceroses hunted?

Answers: Some animals are killed by human beings for various purposes.
Rhinoceroses

are hunted for their horns. They are becoming very few in number now and are

endangered animals.

Q3. What are wild animals? Give examples.

Answer: Animals that cannot be tamed and live in forests or jungles are called wild

animals. Lions, tigers and bears are examples of wild animals.

 Chapter – 4 Wild Animals

One sentence answer (O/S/A)

[Answer Sheet]

Q1. Where do monkeys and squirrels live?

Answer: Monkeys and squirrels live on the branches or holes of the trees.

Q2. Which insect makes anthills?

Answer: Ant makes anthills.

Q3. Which animals keep the jungle clean?

Answer: Scavengers help to keep the jungle clean.

Or

Animals such as vultures, hyenas, wild dogs and jackals eat the flesh of

dead animals and they help to keep the jungle clean.

 Chapter – 4 Wild Animals

One sentence answer (O/S/A)

[Answer Sheet]

Write the following questions in one sentence.

Q1. Name two omnivorous.

Answer: Bats/crows and bears are examples of two omnivores.

Q2. Name two scavengers.

Answer: Vultures/ hyenas/ wild dogs and jackals are examples of two scavengers.

Q3. Where does rabbit live?

Answer: Rabbit lives in burrows under the ground.